Brendon McCullum And His Recent Achievements

Brendon McCullum is a well-known New Zealand Cricketer whom plays as a Wicket Keeper. He has always been an aggressive batmans and has oftern been compared to Adam Gilchrist (Australia). Recently in the IPL auction he was bought by Team Kolkata for AU$763,000! Obviously he isn't worth anything close to Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India) who is worth AU$1.6 Million, but $763k is something, right?

Player Profile

Full Name: Brendon Barrie McCullum

Born: 27th of September 1981 (Currently age 26)

Location of Birth: Dunedin, Otago

Major Teams He Played For: Otago (1999-2003, 2006), Canterbury (2003 - 2006), Glamorgan (2006), Kolkata Knight Riders (2008 - IPL) & New Zealand (current)

Role: Wicket-Keeper

Batting Style: Right-Handed

ODI Shirt Number: 42

ODI Debut: 17th of January 2002 against Australia

Last ODI: 23rd of February 2008 against England

Test Debut: 10th of March 2004 against South Africa

Last Test: 21st of March 2008 against England

Stats (As Of March 17th 2008)

Matches: Test - 31, ODI - 128, FC - 67, LA - 166. Total Matches Played: 392

Batting Stats

Runs Scored: Test - 1434, ODI - 2280, FC - 3497, LA - 3084. Total Runs Scored: 10295

Batting Average: Test - 31.17, ODI - 27.46, FC - 32.99, LA - 27.53. Total All-Round Average: 29.79

100s/50s: Test - 2/8, ODI - 0/12, FC - 6/19, LA - 2/15. Total 100s/50s: 10/54

Top Batting Scores: Test - 143, ODI - 96, FC - 160, LA - 170.

Wicket-Keeping Stats

Catches/Stumpings: Test - 92/6, ODI - 143/13, FC - 182/13, LA - 179/14. Total Catches/Stumpings: 596/46.

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